Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Dick Richards

Writer:

John Kaye (writer)

Release Date:

1 September 1975 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Rafferty wasn't going anywhere anyway.

Plot:

Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California...

Plot Keywords:

Road Movie | Color In Title | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Sally Kellerman	...	Mackinley Beachwood
Mackenzie Phillips	...	Rita Sykes
Alan Arkin	...	Gunny Rafferty
Alex Rocco	...	Vinnie
Charles Martin Smith	...	Alan Boone
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Billy Winston
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sam Butera	...	Sam Butera
Barbara Colby
Cliff Emmich	...	Used car salesman
Richard Hale	...	Reverend Culpepper
John McLiam	...	John Beachwood
George O'Hanlon
Ed Peck	...	Blackjack Player
Louis Prima	...	Himself
Lilian Randolph	...	Student Driver
Earl Smith	...	Bandleader Johnny Young
Lauren Stocks	...	School girl

Also Known As:

Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Company:

Gruskoff-Venture-Linson

Soundtrack:

Honkey Tonk Angels

Boring comedy

I suspected this might not be a good movie since Pauline "Hates Everything Popular" Kael gave it a good review. Still, I gave it a chance, much to my regret. Though it's ostensibly a comedy, there is not one single laugh here - in fact, the movie often seems afraid of trying to generate any humor. None of the three leads is likable - Phillips is annoying, Kellerman bland, and Arkin is so boring it's no wonder we see his character asleep several times in the movie. To top it off, the movie is pretty much plotless, with the movie going whatever way it feels like, with no point in sight. This probably wouldn't have mattered had the movie been funny - but it isn't.